Sponsors of the Pre-Attack Rally Have Taken Down Their Websites. Don’t Forget Who They Were.
John Minchillo/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On January 6, thousands of pro-Trump protesters gathered at a rally near the White House to rail against a fantasy: that the election was stolen from their beloved Donald…
On Telegram, White Nationalists are Trying to Radicalize Those Fleeing Parler
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Even before the riots on Capitol Hill, extremist researchers were worried. At last Wednesday’s rally, rank-and-file supporters of President Donald Trump planned to…
Podcast Extra: I Was at the Capitol When the Siege Began. I Was Threatened for Being a Reporter.
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier outside the Capitol on Wednesday.John Minchillo/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, a mob of Trump supporters surged toward the US Capitol as the Senate was…
After Capitol Riot, Reddit Bans the Pro-Trump Community That’s Flouted Rules for Months
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Friday, Reddit banned r/donaldtrump, its major online hub for grassroots Trump fans, for inciting violence and glorifying the armed attack his supporters carried out on Capitol Hill. …
To Beat Anti-Vaccine Trolls, Sometimes You Have to Think Like One
Wren McDonald Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Let’s do a little experiment. I’m going to tell you two stories, and at the end of this article, we’ll come back to them. Here’s the first story: Last…
Could Rudy Giuliani Face a Perjury Charge?
Mike Mulholland/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On December 14, Rudy Giuliani Zoomed into a Missouri legislative hearing. His testimony was part of his endless roadshow to overturn the election, and, as he has done so often…